Catriona Matthews has accomplished so much in her career.

Matthews is the only Scottish woman to win a Major in capturing the 2009 Women’s British Open at Royal Lytham and St. Annes.

At a team level, it gets no better than September last year when she led Europe to Solheim Cup victory on home soil at Gleneagles.

‘Beaney’, as she is affectionately known, was asked in a Scottish Golf arranged panel discussion with fellow Major winning Scot Paul Lawrie, what was her best Solheim Cup highlight.

Rookie Catriona Matthews – Front row right.

And as a player, she singled out delivering Europe victory in her maiden Solheim Cup in 2003 at Barseback in Sweden.

“It’s a tough one as either Barseback in 2003 or last year at Gleneagles but Barseback was my first one in a winning team as a player and where I was fortunate to have secured the winning point,” she said.

“I remember coming down the last and Annika (Sorenstam) was in he match behind me and it was a question which one of us would get the winning point.

“We got to the 17th and I was playing against Rosie Jones, and a veteran American, and I remember all the team including helpers and everyone rushed down to our game and I thought ‘Oh, this looks like it is going to be it’.   We both nailed our drives and then she was going first and just missed the green to the right.

“I hit a fade into the green about 15-feet from the flag as it turned out I did not need to putt.  I then remember turning around and Sophie Gustafson raced onto the green and just about flatten me, so that was one of my best moments as a player and being my first winning team.”